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Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Blow the dust...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Blow the dust...

Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you...

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George MacDonald: But for money...

George MacDonald: But for money...

But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if...

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George MacDonald: I find that...

George MacDonald: I find that...

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

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Elie Wiesel: Ultimately, the only...

Elie Wiesel: Ultimately, the only...

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over...

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Elie Wiesel: We have to...

Elie Wiesel: We have to...

We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something...

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Edward Westcott: The only man...

Edward Westcott: The only man...

The only man who can change his mind is a man that's got one.

Source: In Quote Disk...

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Henry Fielding: In reality, the...

Henry Fielding: In reality, the...

In reality, the world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater...

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Thomas Wolfe: Men will often...

Thomas Wolfe: Men will often...

Men will often say they have 'found themselves' when they have really been worn down into a groove by the brutal and...

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Laurence Sterne: I take a...

Laurence Sterne: I take a...

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

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Edna Ferber: Only amateurs say...

Edna Ferber: Only amateurs say...

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination...

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Peter Abrahams: The words dripped...

Peter Abrahams: The words dripped...

The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a...

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Peter Abrahams: You can't walk...

Peter Abrahams: You can't walk...

You can't walk alone, Many have given the illusion but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each...

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Chinua Achebe: When old people...

Chinua Achebe: When old people...

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which...

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Knut Hamsun: When good befalls...

Knut Hamsun: When good befalls...

When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.

Source: Vagabonds,...

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Leo Rosten: The writer wants...

Leo Rosten: The writer wants...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps,...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Real life seems to have no plot.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Nadine Gordimer: Responsibility is what...

Nadine Gordimer: Responsibility is what...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity

Source: The Essential...

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Nadine Gordimer: Censorship is never...

Nadine Gordimer: Censorship is never...

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the...

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Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

To children childhood holds no particular advantage.

Source: Hands Full of Loving,...

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